2023 – Mentor
STEMSEAS, R/V Kilo Moana

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2021 – 2022 – Science Communication Fellow
Ocean Exploration Trust, E/V Nautilus

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2019 – Artist-at-Sea Residency
Schmidt Ocean Institute, R/V Falkor

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2011 – Bachelor of Arts, minors: Art History, Classical Studies and Japanese
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

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2022 – Introduction to Photogrammetry
Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas –

Moody College of Communication, Online

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2020 – Capstone Certificate in GIS Fundamentals
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Online

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2015 – 2017 – Oatley Academy of Visual Storytelling

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2022 – Above and Below (Illustrated booklet)

Writer/Illustrator – Published by Ocean Exploration Trust

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2019 – Notes, Volume One (Illustrated travel journal)

Writer/Illustrator – Independently published

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2018 – Woolmancy (Graphic novel)

Writer/Illustrator – Independently published

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2018 – Press-Ready (Informational ebook)

Writer/Illustrator – Digitally published

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2017 – Bellmage (Graphic novella)

Writer/Illustrator – Independently published

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2015 – Style Quest (Graphic novella)

Writer/Illustrator – Independently published

 

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2024 - Comic Illustrator

City University of New York

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2023 - Map Illustrator

HarperCollins

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2023 - 2024 - Comic Artist

University of California - Merced

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2020 – 2022 – Course Illustrator

Lifeology.io

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2022 - Map Illustration

Ocean Exploration Trust

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2022 – Illustration and Annual Report Design

Artist Trust

 

2021 – Product Concept Illustration

Morning Research

 

2019 – Serialized Comic Replacement Illustrator

The Pirate Cats

 

2019 – Pre-press Book Formatting

The Red Ten series

 

2018 – Pre-press Book Formatting

SINK series

 

2012 – 2014 – Spot illustration

Lemay America’s Car Museum

 

2012 – Spot Illustration

Tacoma Art Museum

 

2009 – Cover Co-Designer

Vertical Press, Volume 12 of Osamu Tezuka’s Black Jack

 

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2020 – 2022 – Visual Storytelling Blogger and Course Creator

Lifeology.io

 

2019 – 2023 – Tai Chi Instructor

Tacoma Tai Chi and Qigong Center

 

2019 – Art Instruction

Franke Tobey Jones Senior Living Community

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2023 – ScienceWriters2023 Conference

How to Make Science Comics Panel

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2022 – Quiet Nerds and Wild Hearts

Artist Engineer Podcast

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2021 – MTF Podcast 107: Abrian Curington – Maps to the Stars

MTF Labs​

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2020 – Visual Storytelling eLightning Presenter

Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020

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2019 – Fantasy Cartography Workshop

Cartoonists Northwest

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2018 – Guest Lecturer on Outreach Through Zines

University of Washington, Tacoma

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2018 – Guest Lecturer on Book Design Best Practices

Clover Park Technical College

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2020 – 2021 – Our Own Expressions Final Judge

Pierce County Library System

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2018 & 2023– Annual Statewide Senior Art Show Curator

Franke Tobey Jones

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2017 – Visual Curatorial Assistant

America’s Car Museum

 

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2020 – 2022 – Virtual Patient Companion

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

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2012 – 2017 – Guest Services Representative

America’s Car Museum

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2012 – Visitor Services Representative (Temporary)

Tacoma Art Museum

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2007 – 2011 – Reference Librarian Assistant

Wilson Library

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2005 – 2011 – Sales Clerk

Dightman’s Bible Book Center

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2020 – How to Shape a Productive Scientist–Artist  Collaboration

Nature.com

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2019 – Graphic Novel Review: WOOLMANCY by Abrian Curington

Comics Grinder

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2019 – Abrian Curington with EC Murray

Writer’s Connection

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2016 – Webcomics Weekly: Tales of Elgon

Graphics Policy

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2010 – Peter Mendelsund Crowdsources a Cover

PrintMag

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2022 – What’s in a Name? Defining Cartography and Hydrography - Ocean Exploration Trust

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2020 – Suggested Tools for Visual Science Communication

Lifeology.io

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2019 – The Importance of Storytelling in Science Communication

Schmidt Ocean Institute

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2019 – Translating the Wonder of the Sea

Schmidt Ocean Institute

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2019 – Curiosity: The Cat’s Best Friend

Schmidt Ocean Institute